Trap.



\ No. 806,936. PATENTED DEC. 12,1905.

R. L. STEINGrFELLW.

' TRAP.

APPLICATION FILED APB.. a, w05.

'rinrrnn s'rnrns ATENT orron.

RCBRT LEE STRNGFLLOV, OF vWHITE BLUFFS, TENNESSEE.

TRAP. i

` Specification. of LettersPatent.

Patented Dec. 12, 1905.

Application filed April S, 1905. Serial No. 253,562.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it know-n that I, ROBERT LEE STRINGEEL- LOW, a citizen of the United States, residing at White Bluffs, in the county of Dickson and State of Tennessee, have invented new and use ful Improvements in Traps, of which the folnotes a box having'a. trough-shaped top 6.

An opening is vmade in the top, which is closed by trap-doors 7. These doors are hung on opposite sides of the trough and swing on piv= ots 8 and are weighted, as at 9, whereby they are normally held closed. The doors meet at their lower edges at the bottom of the trough,

Y which edges are beveled, as at 10, to make a being swung upwardly to open. 3.0

perfect lit and'also to prevent the doors from The doors also 'have projecting flanges 11, which extend under the top to prevent any possibility of the doors being pushed open from the insideof the box. The weights9 are in closed in cornpartments 12, so that they cannot be reached to push the doors open. Runways 13 are fastened to the ends of the box and extend to the lioor. The upper` .ends of the lrunways l `have hooks 14, which enter eyes- 15, secured to the ends of the box," and the runways are substantially of the same length as the box, so that they can be readily removed and placed on the top of the box for convenience in ship-- ping the trap. Thev runways are crimped or corrugated, as shown,so that the animal may have a good foothold. A baill is pivoted to animals.

4moving the'trapped animals.

the sides of the box, whereby convenient means are had for carrying the trap. The bail also supports a bait-hook 17 which is located directly over the doors. When the trap is in use, the bailis held upright by being placed in a catch 18 on the side of the box.- A

door 19 is provided for removing the trapped The operation of the trap isas follows: The

, animal attracted lby the .bait goes up the r`unway, and upon stepping on the doors they are tilted and the animal drops into the box, after which the doors are again closed by the weights 9 and the trap thus reset. 'The bait is so arranged that the animal cannot avoid stepping on the doors in reaching for it. The inclined sides of the trough prevent the animal rfrom turning back, and if it endeavors to run across the top it will nevertheless be trapped.

A trap constructed as herein described is lextremely simple and can thereforebe cheaply v made and sold. Itis thoroughly efficient in operation, and as it is automatically reset it requires no attention except baiting it and re- Having thus described vmy invention, what is claimed as new, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, isp 1. A trap comprising a box having atroughshaped top provided with an opening therein; and trap-doors in said opening and having projecting flanges extending under the top.

. 2. A trap comprising a box having a troughshaped top providedv with an opening therein; trap-doors in lsaid opening; weights on the doors and extending into the box for normally holding said doors closed; and compartments in the box incl'osing the weights.

In testimony whereofI- have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses. i

' ROBERT LEE ISTEINGrliELLOW.

Vifitnesses:

W. 1V. JORDAN, M. C. BoULDIN. 

